The Coronalogues: Stand to Win $500 When You Submit Your Monologue To SRT

When Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) presented The Coronalogues – Silver linings back in May, it marked one of the first original local works to have emerged during the circuit breaker period. With moderate success, SRT is now inviting YOU to be a part of the next phase of the project! In the original production, 9 writers and actors got together to perform monologues inspired by … Continue reading The Coronalogues: Stand to Win $500 When You Submit Your Monologue To SRT

Television Time: BBC Shows – July 2020

Have your heart strings tugged next month as the BBC brings you a heart-warming dramas and animal programmes. Catch BAFTA award winning actors Lennie James (Tony Gates – The Walking Dead) and Suranne Jones (Gemma Foster – Doctor Foster) in Save Me Too as they continue their painstaking search for their missing daughter. Follow internationally renowned chef Gordon Ramsay as he travels across the United … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – July 2020

Review: Murder at Mandai Camp by Sight Lines Entertainment

Valiant attempt at online murder mystery requires stronger interactivity to engage. If it’s one thing we remember from our days of National Service, it’s the seemingly endless accounts and rumours of vengeful ghosts haunting every camp we went to. At times easily laughed off, and at others keeping us wide awake at night, there was always something inexplicably irresistible about these stories that kept us … Continue reading Review: Murder at Mandai Camp by Sight Lines Entertainment

The Arts House Returns With Even More Write From Home Workshops

Back in May, the Arts House stayed true to its title as Singapore’s literary arts centre by conducting the Write From Home Workshops to keep the writing community connected in spite of being physically apart. After seeing success with its first round, they’re back with even more workshops this July to keep the momentum going. A total of six workshops will be presented this July. … Continue reading The Arts House Returns With Even More Write From Home Workshops

The Necessary Stage launches the TNS Devising Platform

In an effort to consolidate and boost its skills development and creative exploration programmes, The Necessary Stage (TNS) will be launching the TNS Devising Platform from July 2020. Over its history, led by Founder and Artistic Director Alvin Tan and Resident Playwright Haresh Sharma, TNS has created numerous training and mentorship programmes including Theatre for Youth Ensemble (1992), Theatre for Seniors (2008), and Playwrights’ Cove … Continue reading The Necessary Stage launches the TNS Devising Platform

SIFA v2.020: Bringing audiences together through music, with new programmes added lineup

Following the unveiling of SIFA v2.020 and SIFA-All-Access platform on 20th May, SIFA v2.020 will be launching more digital programmes in June and July, this time featuring a strong music focus. From its successful pivot towards online programming, the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) continues to add more artistic experiences to its line-up. On 24th June, the team launched a video performance by Singapore … Continue reading SIFA v2.020: Bringing audiences together through music, with new programmes added lineup

Review: Purⓔ《纯ⓔ》- An Experimental Virtual Performance by T.H.E Dance Company

Finding new ways to connect despite being physically apart. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a slew of restrictions to the arts community, the most prevalent of which is being unable to rehearse or perform within the same physical space. For T.H.E Dance Company, rather than choosing to be daunted by the predicament, they’ve instead managed to find relevance in a work from their past, and … Continue reading Review: Purⓔ《纯ⓔ》- An Experimental Virtual Performance by T.H.E Dance Company

The Banter: Joe Sidek speaks about his new talk series, and ideas for a new festival

KUALA LUMPUR – Joe Sidek is best known as the former director of the George Town Festival and Rainforest Fringe Festival, amongst others. But in these unprecedented times, a festival is something that seems impossible to even conceive or plan for, let alone see happen in the near future. With the art world facing its biggest crisis to date, Joe has decided to rally some of … Continue reading The Banter: Joe Sidek speaks about his new talk series, and ideas for a new festival

The Banter: Void Deck Games co-founder Raihan Harun discusses RPGs and storytelling through play

For countless millennia, storytellers have captured the attention of audiences, holding them rapt with attention as they pass down tales of old, filled with imagination, drama and wonder. Come 2020, and storytellers still exist, whether weaving their chronicles through the oral tradition, or, in the case of companies such as Void Deck Games, the art of participative play. Set up about 4 years ago, Void … Continue reading The Banter: Void Deck Games co-founder Raihan Harun discusses RPGs and storytelling through play

Music Is: Singer-Songwriter KHAi unveils first single, ‘Wanderlust’

Singapore based alt-folk pop singer-songwriter, KHAi, has announced the release of his debut EP, ‘Strange[r]’. With stripped down lyrics centred around the ups and downs of life, the artist pre-empts the EP release with a new track, ‘Wanderlust’, which was released on 26th June 2020. Slated for release on 17th July 2020, ‘Strange[r]’ is a conceptual 6-Track EP put together by KHAi. With the first … Continue reading Music Is: Singer-Songwriter KHAi unveils first single, ‘Wanderlust’